Perfect Union: Christian Worldview With The Idea Of World Government

The UN- “a more perfect union?”
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Introduction
Global governance is the system formed by the set of rules, processes and actors, institutional and others, that govern the world more specifically, which intervene or are part of the decision making taking place at the global level. The scope of global governance now extends beyond security and conflict resolution, to other issues of international relations, including issues such as economic production, development, finance as well as climate change, pollution, energy governance and resources, and the arms industry, which influences conflicts. The global governance players mostly include the global institutions such as the UN, regional institutions, nation-states, global civil-society groups and multinationals, which are influential in the political sphere. The UN has legitimacy among member estates, but veto powers, infringing on political sovereignty of member states and failing to protect rights for all people are associated with opposition to the organization.[Margaret P Karns, Karen A Mingst and Kendall W Stiles, International Organizations, 3rd ed.(Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015), 75.]
States and the UN
The Charter of the United Nations is the foundational treaty of the UN created in 1945 just after WWII and UN member nations that recognize its jurisdiction and countries need the UN and mostly represent the UN treaties. The United Nations' General Assembly adopts resolution and agendas on different issues, and while countries are expected to comply they do not always do so. For instance, the US is not a party to the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court (ICC), and based on disagreements about the country’s complicity in human rights abuses in foreign affairs matters. The powerful countries major powers have veto power based on the balance of power during the 1940s and can drive agenda using the support of allies to influence agenda, but even when they disagree they are still members of the UN.
Global governance is based on the premise that governance depends on individuals, public and private institutions public that work together to manage common affairs. There was growing interest in global governance to support relations between states after the Cold War, and prior to this global governance mostly occurred without institutions. Even though, there may be conflicting or divergent interests there is cooperation among actors and monitoring compliance, while there are arrangements to cater to the interests of different actors. This is important as strong nations are less likely to coerce their weaker counterparts by virtue of projecting political, economical and military power.
Legitimacy of the UN as a governing authority
While the UN is imperfect member states often support the agency and there is a link between international governance and development cooperation. The UN has supported democratic governance and sustainable governance by recognizing the rights of the people. Member states also adopt resolutions that help to guarantee political rights and with increased international commitment when the body is considered relevant. There is more equitable participation in decision-making among the developing countries, and the UN facilitates cooperation for development by prioritizing issues that need to be addressed at the global level. Furthermore, countries are committed to multilateralism and this shows good faith in cooperating with the UN the main forum that facilitates this.[Jonas Tallberg and Michael Zürn. "The legitimacy and legitimation of international organizations: Introduction and framework." (2019), 2]
The Security Council is the strongest arm of the UN and while there are only 15 members help to maintain peace and authorize military interventions and UN peace keepers. The UN Security Council plays an important role in maintaining international peace and security on behalf of the member states. Since the UN promotes cooperation among all nations the agency helps to reduce the risk of future conflicts and supporting the protection of fundamental rights in different countries. States choose to join the forum as it is beneficial and there is mutual cooperation, which is necessary to maintain international peace.[Karns, Mingst and Stiles, 123.]
When there is adequate representation at UN forums, the meetings help to facilitate international negotiation. The representatives of the member states negotiate and may even seek intervention from the UN. Nonetheless, the success of the UN partly depends on compliance by the great powers. Political intervention has been supported in cases where there are various warring parties and helped to maintain peace in cases where negotiations are difficult. Where possible the UN supports good governance and integrity, which helps to facilitate negotiation.[Devika Hovell. "Due process in the United Nations." American Journal of International Law 110, no. 1 (2016), 21]
Countries pursue their national interest and membership to the international organization is voluntary while members do not always abide by resolutions. The permanent members of the Security Council have used their veto power to support and undermine certain resolutions, and especially the US and Russia. Each state has its own interests at the global stage and allies that support many of their positions. For instance the US is Israel’s strongest ally and has shot down resolutions on the Israel- Palestine conflicts. President Bush also invaded Iraq without authorization from the UN during the War on Terror era.
International institutions such as the UN are not always considered legitimate and as such are incapable of becoming agents of change. In the UN and its agencies, decisions are made and that affect millions of people who did not elect the representatives of these institutions. In spite of everything that the UN has done, the agency has failed to solve ...